User talk:Epicgenius/Archive/2023/Jan

New Year's Wishes
Happy New Year, Epicgenius! Congrats on your near 100+ GAs this year; you really are an epic editor! I hope your attendance at university goes well and that you will find success in your pursuits—and learn from your hardships—and continue to contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects during the forthcoming year. Yours truly,  𓃦 LunaEatsTuna  (💬) 00:10, 1 January 2023 (UTC) (It is now New Year's Day in UTC)

Happy New Year, Epicgenius!


Happy New Year! Epicgenius, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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Abishe (talk) 02:34, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2023 WikiCup!
Happy New Year and Happy New WikiCup! The 2023 competition has just begun and all article creators, expanders, improvers and reviewers are welcome to take part. Even if you are a novice editor you should be able to advance to at least the second round, improving your editing skills as you go. If you have already signed up, your submissions page can be found here. If you have not yet signed up, you can add your name here and the judges will set up your submissions page ready for you to take part. Any questions on the scoring, rules or anything else should be directed to one of the judges, or posted to the WikiCup talk page. Signups will close at the end of January, and the first round will end on 26 February; the 64 highest scorers at that time will move on to round 2. The judges for the WikiCup this year are: and. Good luck! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:16, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Epicgenius!


Happy New Year! Epicgenius, Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia.

— Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 20:37, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

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— Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 20:37, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station
The article 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station for comments about the article, and Talk:47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 21:01, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of United Nations General Assembly Building
The article United Nations General Assembly Building you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:United Nations General Assembly Building for comments about the article, and Talk:United Nations General Assembly Building/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Unexpectedlydian -- Unexpectedlydian (talk) 23:42, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK nomination of The Peninsula New York
Hello! Your submission of The Peninsula New York at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there at your earliest convenience. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Flibirigit (talk) 14:20, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Please note that QPQ credits should be completed within one week of nomination as per RfC on excessively late supply of QPQ credits. Please take care of this promptly. Flibirigit (talk) 14:22, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Flibirigit, sorry about that. I lost internet access during the Christmas holiday and only got it back a few days ago - I'm in the process of doing a QPQ right now. – Epicgenius (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Steel Curtain (roller coaster)
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Steel Curtain (roller coaster) you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 22:42, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Steel Curtain (roller coaster)
The article Steel Curtain (roller coaster) you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Steel Curtain (roller coaster) for comments about the article, and Talk:Steel Curtain (roller coaster)/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Sammi Brie -- Sammi Brie (talk) 22:49, 7 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for 59th Street–Columbus Circle station
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Precious anniversary
Happy new year! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:41, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Brooklyn Tower
The article The Brooklyn Tower you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Brooklyn Tower for comments about the article, and Talk:The Brooklyn Tower/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Premeditated Chaos -- Premeditated Chaos (talk) 14:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for St. Regis New York
-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 13 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Row NYC Hotel
-- RoySmith (talk) 12:02, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 280 Broadway
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 280 Broadway you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Eddie891 -- Eddie891 (talk) 14:20, 14 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for The Peninsula New York
BorgQueen (talk) 12:02, 15 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Liberty Theatre
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Liberty Theatre you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hoary -- Hoary (talk) 08:22, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Above was of course some bot, impersonating me (not very convincingly). Apologies for the laboredness of my first comments/questions: I think (and hope) that what follows will be a lot more concise. -- Hoary (talk) 09:24, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Steel Curtain (roller coaster)
BorgQueen (talk) 12:03, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Circle in the Square Theatre
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Liberty Theatre
The article Liberty Theatre you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Liberty Theatre for comments about the article, and Talk:Liberty Theatre/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Hoary -- Hoary (talk) 00:01, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Perhaps you were wondering if the inquisition would ever end. Well, a minor confession: I was keen to end it before you asked me to look at such-and-such a page within Henderson and Greene's Story of 42nd St and see for myself how some insinuation or allegation of mine was unfounded: I did take a look at it at the Internet Archive and I actually started to read a couple of sentences, but I felt my eyesight decaying as I did so. I do appreciate all that the Internet Archive does for us, but its reproduction of that book is horrible, or at least it is for my eyes, viewing it on my computer. But more importantly, I had nothing more to ask for. -- Hoary (talk) 00:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I've found that some old books are of questionable physical quality. But thanks for reviewing the article, though. I really appreciate all the feedback. – Epicgenius (talk) 00:27, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm currently reading Giles Tremlett's Ghosts of Spain. My hardback copy's from as recent as 2006, and published by Faber and Faber, whose article tells me that it was then part of Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Both Faber and FSG have had excellent reputations, or so I'd always thought. But my copy consists of browning, wood-chip paper simply glued together at the spine, with a cardboard cover slapped on upside down. Had the publisher no shame? (The work itself is excellent -- aside from its failure to cite any source, which to me is a major minus.) But that's all by the way: A physical copy of Story of 42nd St may be a lovely artifact for all I know; the problem is with the Internet Archive scan of the thing, or its presentation of the scan. As I try to read any part of it, I can feel my eyes getting bloodshot and a headache developing. ¶ GA assessments can be strange. Talk:Gowanus_Canal/GA2 chided you: . I've no idea what's wrong or infelicitous about "over". (In your place, I'd have been tempted to respond "Don't be silly.") But I guess that the reviewer would be equally puzzled/amused by some of my suggestions/requests. -- Hoary (talk) 02:49, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Forest Park Carousel
BorgQueen (talk) 00:02, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Film Center Building
-- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel
BorgQueen (talk) 00:03, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * @Oaktree b, thank you very much. I really appreciate it. Epicgenius (talk) 17:57, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

JFK Express page
I'd like to know why you undid all the edits on the JFK Express page. While it probably could have been written a little better, all "trivia" is actually fact based on research of NYCTA documents. Therefore it is factual. And since there is a great deal of misunderstanding of how the JFK Express fare system worked, it was a necessary edit. Sincerely, Philip M. Goldstein Bedt14 (talk) 16:45, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bedt14, I removed that information because none of your edit was sourced to a reliable source. Please see Reliable sources and find a reliable source first before adding the information back. I understand that all of this information may be factual, but Wikipedia policy requires that information be verifiable, rather than being necessarily factual.As for the trivia aspect, I don't think we need to include the entire process of how a fare was paid. We can just summarize the information about the different fares, and the differences compared to the fare for regular subway lines, but a detailed explanation of how fare payment worked might fall afoul of Neutral point of view. – Epicgenius (talk) 18:41, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:MBTA Silver Line
Template:MBTA Silver Line has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 01:06, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Growth team newsletter #24
Welcome to the twenty-fourth newsletter from the Growth team!

Newcomer experience projects
The Growth team partnered with other WMF teams to conduct several experiments around increasing account creation and new editor retention. Results from four of these experiments are now available:


 * Thank you pages & banners - Encourage donors to create accounts through thank you pages and banners.
 * Marketing experiment - Run ads on-wiki and off-wiki to see how this impacts account activation.
 * "Add an image" GLAM events - Host GLAM events that focus on using the "Add an image" tool.
 * Welcome emails - Experiment sending welcome emails to newly created accounts.

Newcomer tasks

 * Several communities suggested improving "add a link", by suggesting underlinked articles first. We released this change to Growth pilot wikis. We will review the data and collect feedback before considering releasing it to more wikis.
 * The deployment of the "add a link" to all Wikipedias is still in progress. Suggested links use a prediction model, which has to be trained. The deployments will resume after we finish training all models.

Mentorship

 * When someone wants to signup as a mentor, they are now informed if they don't meet the defined criteria.
 * Workshop hosts asked us to have workshop attendees assigned to them. They can soon use a custom URL parameter. This way, workshop hosts will continue mentoring the event's attendees after the workshop. It will be available in February.
 * Have you considered to help new editors on your wiki, by signing up to be a Mentor?
 * Please visit Special:MentorDashboard to check on the conditions to be a mentor, and sign up.
 * If your wiki does not have Mentorship enabled, consider setting it up. The Growth team can provide advice and assist as needed. Please ping Trizek (WMF) for assistance.

Other news

 * In Special:SpecialPages, Growth experiments now have their own section.
 * This newsletter will have a new publication period, 6 times a year: January, March, May, July, September, November.

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